Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is paying the price for going ‘woke’

NY Post ^ | July 23, 2022 1:03pm | Kevin D. Williamson

[Psycho_Runner]

$5.00 fr overpriced burnt coffee is BS. McDonalds has coffee for $1.09 out the door. Plus McDonalds has the same crappy service as Starbucks.

[KevinB]

Kevin Williamson? Oh, is he that real big fat guy?

[SamAdams76]

I've worked in NYC a number of years and here's a tip: Almost all establishments have a restroom for their customers to use, even if they have a sign stating "no public restrooms".

This is just to keep out the riff-raff.

If you are clean, well-dressed and conduct a transaction there, they will 9 times out of 10 give you access to a restroom if you politely and discreetly ask.

[Secret Agent Man]

Giving them space in a restaurant during the day isn’t going to end homelessness for one single person.

The restaurant isn’t their home. And giving them space in the restaurant isn’t doing anything to get them working and into an apartmemt/home.

Its an idiotic poster. Because feelings.

[DAC21]

“Starbucks is a great racket. High prices for sugared coffee drinks.

A cup of freshly ground, organic coffee, brewed at home, is much better, and much, much cheaper”

Yeah, but no one sees you drinking superior coffee at home. Being seen, and therefore being cool, is all that matters to tens of millions of losers paying their $4 for 14oz. of burnt coffee.

[MoochPooch]

Homeless are a problem with public libraries, where they'll probably return now that SB has basically closed its doors. (At least the restroom doors.) I used to see drunks, perverts hanging around the stacks.

I work at a college library. Before COVID we used to get people asking to study or read there because they were avoiding the public libraries.

[Republican Wildcat]

yeah, but you don’t get a cup with that cool logo ... that will be thrown in the trash.

Honestly a small town coffee shop is far superior to this place. Starbucks has certainly done well with branding, however, to get people coming into a mediocre shop.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

I lived in cities for most of my life due to earning potential in my profession. I loved it for the most part.

Currently we live in the country on acreage with great views which we love. We do have two neighbors we see which I like so we can tell we are alive! Yes, we do love the country over the city currently!!!!

We move where God wants us to be when he needs us...

[Jumper]

Everyone here at FR should make a sign and hangout in front or nearby Starbucks, or homeless shelter and generate more foot traffic... once a month by just a few thousand do goodness could help this CEO “out”!

[Dr. Sivana]

A cup of freshly ground, organic coffee, brewed at home, is much better, and much, much cheaper.

It is, but that's not what they are selling. They are selling things that sometimes have a dozen different ingredients, and if you drink it there, high speed WIFI, open restrooms, and what many find as a pleasant environment to work with their laptop for a few hours on the road or as part of a SOHO or remote work operation.

If you get it to go, on the way to work, or for driving with in your car, you are paying for the convenience of someone to buy the half dozen ingredients in the specialty drinks, possibly a latte maker or something else that costs a couple of hundred dollars. If you like a different specialty drink every time, you wouldn't have room in your fridge and kitchen for all the caramel, spices, chocolate sauces, creams, fruits, etc.

It isn't hard to have to pay $6 for a milkshake these days, either (Five Guys, Shake Shack). If you like their specialty drinks just as much, you aren't out anything.

For the record, I take my coffee from Lifeboat Coffee, with cream, and it is better coffee than anything Starbucks makes. Lifeboat also has specialty coffees for those who want them, and the prices are better. Lifeboat, unfortunately, is not on every third street corner, has no drive through and comparatively restricted hours. I'm just saying that one can choose a Starbucks type experience because it provides a product and experience that making a cup at home does not match for some people.

[PA-RIVER]

Funny, SF, I almost got into a fist fight there, at Fisherman’s Warf, 22 years ago. A bum refused to let me walk by without giving a donation, got in my face screaming at me.

I live in FL now, and have a neighbor from California. He admits, the state is insane. He gave up on it and moved to FL.